LONG ISLAND HOMESITE
At Rum Cay, its historic wreck site of the Conqueror (1848) Wrecks:Comberbach a 110' steel freighter, sitting upright on a 100' deep coral reef/shelf with lots of coral, sponge and fish life. The wreck can be safely dived throughout! Right next to the Comberbach is a 40' sailing vessel, the Sunseeker. Man-made wrecks are occasionally added to this “Ships' Graveyard” located just 1/2 mile from the beautiful Cape Santa Maria beach, on the lee side of Long Island. A large steel freighter, name unknown, sits at 25’ on Conception Island's South Hampton Reef, among beautiful coral. This 'flattened' very extensive wreck area has much detail, good fish life and is great for snorkeling, too. Conception Island’s South Hampton Reef is the place for wreck searching, both historic and modern. More than 200 vessels have been lost there! The Conqueror sits at 25’ depth on the south shore of Rum Cay. The site includes lots of hardware, cannon balls, 2 cannons, anchors, chain, shaft, and engine from this first steam engine equipped war sailing vessel of the British Navy. It sank in 1848 and was discovered by a Skindiver Magazine/ Stella Maris divers' team in 1969. A large steel freighter, name unknown, sits in 20’ of water off Guana Cay, off Long island’s east side. This is a ‘flattened’ site with lots of detail.
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